Another warning:
San Antonio Express- News 6/19/20Water woes threaten growthLate this summer, a new state water plan will warn Texans — not for the first time — that they're running out of water.
That will not surprise folks along the Guadalupe, the Llano or any of the other parched rivers, lakes and streams around the state. And it won't be a shock in Kendall County, where the Trinity Aquifer continues to disappear.
Every five years, the Texas Water Development Board issues a frightening report about our water future. It's usually met with uncomprehending shrugs.
The next report likely won't vary much from the last one — which found that 85 percent of Texans won't have adequate water in a drought by 2060 unless we come up with $30.7 billion worth of new water projects (although preliminary reports indicate the cost will be substantially higher).
“That's startling,” said Heather Harward, executive director of H2O4Texas, an association of water suppliers and customers. “Any issue that affects 85 percent of Texans should rise to the top.”
But like everything else that requires future planning the rebublican controlled Lege just kicked the empty water can down the road.
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